Jonah 3:9

American Standard Version

Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

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Jonah 3:9 in other translations

Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”

Jonah 3:9 · World English Bible

Jonah 3:9 in context

  1. 7And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
  2. 8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
  3. 9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
  4. 10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.